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Flight Reliability

AS 279 · Alaska Airlines

Bozeman → Seattle (BZNSEA)85% of its flights flew this route. The rest (ANC–FAI, HNL–SEA) are included in these numbers.

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
10 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 178 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

AS 279 departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 69% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

AS 279 arrived on time 95% of the time on Tuesdays and just 76% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the Alaska Airlines network.

AS 279 arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 80% across the Alaska Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

AS 279 arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon87%(30 flights)
  • Tue95%(20 flights)
  • Wed88%(25 flights)
  • Thu83%(29 flights)
  • Fri76%(25 flights)
  • Sat83%(23 flights)
  • Sun82%(22 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(15 flights)
  • 6–9 AM100%(11 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(45 flights)
  • 3–6 PM87%(103 flights)
On-time trend by month
100%
May

Nov 85% → May 100% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
November 202585%26
December 202561%31
January 202696%28
February 202685%26
March 202671%21
April 2026100%16
May 2026100%19
Departures on time
86%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
174
Months covered
9

Based on 178 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.